In The Field 2018

Published May 11, 2018

In the Field is a publication of the Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. It is published once a year and devoted to bringing to light the stories of the College of Agriculture and its people.

Agricultural producers gathered at the Lake City Research Center, in Lake City, Michigan, on Aug. 24, 2017, to learn about information and innovations to apply to their own operations during the MSU Agriculture Innovation Day.

When destructive insects threatened cowpea harvests throughout West Africa, a team of researchers under the auspices of the Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support program —now the Feed the Future Legume Innovation Lab—came to help

The love of the natural world drew Geoff Rhodes to MSU to study bio-chemistry as an undergraduate student in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He's now in the 2nd of his 5-year master’s & doctoral program in environmental toxicology.

John Kerr and Kimberly Chung, faculty members in the Department of Community Sustainability, have given a $375,000 gift to create a teaching assistantship named in honor of John's parents, Malcolm and Ann Kerr.

Dru Montri, executive director of the Michigan Farmers Market Association, was named director of governmental affairs and stakeholder relations for the Michigan State University colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Veterinary Medicine.